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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1919
Page
8
The Newman Shoe Company enjoyed a fine reception on its first day as a large crowd gathered at the store to take advantage of the opening sale before doors were fully opened and the shop remained crowded throughout the day. The firm offered Starkweather stock for sale at bargain prices ahead of new stock delivery.
Walter Achning was fined $5 and costs totaling $15.50 after being found speeding in his motor car on a fire call Thursday night. He pleaded not guilty, was tried in police court with two witnesses, and paid the fine. El Vampiro advertised for flies and other insects at Rankin's Drug Store. C. C. Carl made a business trip to Kansas City.
The Graeber bowling team won three of four in the Elk's seven-back event, losing the final game 291 to 276 to Albach. Graeber beat opponents 293-273, 326-298, and 291-289, led by Berger with 223, tied by Cleland of Albach on 223. Graeber keeps the lead at 13-7 as Stevenson remains in second.
The Perkins bowling team defeated Barteldes two games to one in the Elk's club ten pin tournament last night. Barteldes won the final game 714 to 688 while Perkins led 648 to 632 and 689 to 666. Amick topped Barteldes with 468, and Perkins had the high total at 492.
Do not risk surface water in wells drink McNish distilled water. George Hanes of Kansas City and Lieut Earl Pagett guests at the Alpha Tau Omega house. Miss Doris Mowatt of Arkansas City weekend guest at Alpha Chi Omega house. S & S Grocery offers Arkansas Strawberries 30 cents quart. Ran kin's Drug Store lists stationery.
This note traces month names to origins: January from Janus, February from Februa Purification, March from Mars, April from superio open, May from Mala goddess of growth, June from Junotus, July from Julius, August from Augustus, September from seven, October from eight, November from nine, December from ten.
An English court recently ruled that an engagement ring is no longer the property of a woman who breaks her engagement. The plaintiff kept the ring as a token of regard, but the court intervened, affecting ownership rights beyond the engagement.
Mrs E V Dorsey spent the week with her daughter Miss Sadie Dorsey and returned this morning to her home in Wamego.
Miss Ella Bainum visits Kansas City with friends and Miss Meda McChesney joins weekend gatherings there. Capt. Richard J. Dover, freshly from Brest, France, reaches Philadelphia en route to Camp Dodge to disband mainly Portland and Dakota troops. Local residents and visitors from Topeka, Hutchinson, Wichita and Chicago attend golf, business, and social gatherings around Lawrence and Kansas City.
Yorick Hamm recalls a tour’s sole laugh when a tank town sheriff attempted to seize their box office receipts, as reported by the Louisville Courier Journal.
A brief item notes full quart boxes of Fancy Arkansas Cherries priced at 35c a box at S and S Grocery, phone 224. A separate anecdote tells of four year old Charlie who was found sprinkling a valuable library book, claiming he wet it to make it less dry for his dad.
Miss Isabel Crandall is spending the weekend in Iola, visiting friends and enjoying local sights. The brief social note highlights a brief excursion and leisure visit in the town.
The passage proclaims three great English institutions that distinguish Britons worldwide. It evokes a formal dinner hour of ten, with handkerchiefs raised and dress norms, signaling a rigid adherence to tradition and social code.
A Boston Transcript snippet shows a woman answering an ad for a French au pair. Her English slips into a garbled promise to provide easy French lessons and “nourishment, lying down, and bleached” as if the conditions of the position. The humor lies in misapplied wording.
A wry remark compares a husband waiting two hours for his wife to dress before theater time with the notion that a man expects his spouse to own suitable attire. The quip highlights domestic fashion scrutiny and the humor of gendered expectations in social outings.
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